Sometimes it’s a wonderful blessing, others times the answers bite you in the hiney! (more…)
Archive for February, 2008
Prayers are answered…..
Posted in New House Chronicles, Work, tagged Prayers;work;appraisal on Wednesday, 27 February, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Michael may not blog, but I will!
Posted in New House Chronicles, Work, tagged stress, Work on Wednesday, 27 February, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m sure Michael will eventually return to blogging. I really don’t think he’ll be able to restrain himself. We just both had a really bad day yesterday and Michael has been dealing with the worst of it all. (more…)
Baby’s Name & Last Blog
Posted in Family on Tuesday, 26 February, 2008 | No Comments »
Let me make it easy for everyone. The baby’s name is Shepherd James Lawson. No real reason. He will NOT go by a nickname.
This will be the last blog.
What’s In A Name?
Posted in Family, tagged baby, name on Monday, 25 February, 2008 | 5 Comments »
We have named the baby!
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A Test Of Wills: Michael Against The Mountain
Posted in New House Chronicles, tagged hill, ice, snow on Saturday, 23 February, 2008 | 1 Comment »
And the mountain won. :o( Kind of.
Today I went out to the property to meet someone and walk through the house. This trip was different than any other up to this point. You see, Wednesday it sleeted for hours. We had an inch of sleet. Yesterday it sleeted [...]
Hope You Are Not Color Blind
Posted in New House Chronicles, tagged floor plans, color, paint on Tuesday, 19 February, 2008 | No Comments »
I got to thinking recently that I do not recall giving you all pictures of our floor plans. If I did not, that was an oversight I plan to rectify now. To kill two birds with one stone I am posting pictures that include the paint colors Melanie and I (mainly [...]
Unsolicited Credit Card Offers (Junk Mail)
Posted in Soapbox, tagged junk mail on Tuesday, 19 February, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I hate getting junk mail. I will call companies and ask to be removed from their mailing lists just so I don’t get it. I just can’t stand seeing companies waste money and paper on what most people will throw in the trash.
I heard somewhere that if it is an offer for something [...]
A Little Of This, A Little Of That, And A Dash Of Something Else (Part 2 of 2)
Posted in New House Chronicles, tagged mower, mowing, nature hike, primary, scavenger hunt, splitting wood, wood on Monday, 18 February, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Continued from previous blog…
I noticed the blog was getting long so I broke it up into two parts.
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A Little Of This, A Little Of That, And A Dash Of Something Else (Part 1 of 2)
Posted in New House Chronicles, tagged decisions, doors, finances, house, shower on Monday, 18 February, 2008 | No Comments »
There are lots of things over the past few weeks I have thought to myself, “I need to blog about that”. I usually do not get around to it. I will attempt to rectify that here.
~ House Decisions and Finances ~
Decisons:
We tried to make as many decisions as we could well before we [...]
Smell Of Smoke
Posted in Soapbox, tagged cigarette smoke on Monday, 18 February, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is in some sense a soapbox blog, but in other ways not. We have been in this apartment about six months. Before Melanie arrived, I had the TV, chair and other “living room” items in the large main room. It had an imaginary divider between the dining and living room areas. [...]
